Do your schools forbid discussion of intelligent design in biology class? Do they forbid religious students to express their views on homosexuality? Do they forbid the valedictorian from talking about her religious convictions in her graduation speech? If so, I’d say your taxes are supporting atheist schools.
As a committed theist, I would see each of those points as examples either of promoting religious pluralism or administrators being too ignorant and fearful of bogeymen raised by a particular religious view that they overstep their responiosibilities. In each case, what is proscribed is not religion, but the imposition of one particular religious view.
Intelligent design is not science and should be “discussed” for about five minuites explaining why it is not science;l then the class should move on to science.
The only cases I have seen prohibiting the “expression” of views regarding homosexuality have been schools that tried to limit harrassment (occasionally overstepping their good sesne as high school administrations tend to do).
Similarly, I have never seen an example of a valedictorian prohibited from speaking of God except when the administration reacted against a feared (and not demonstrated) potential lawsuit that could have been brought by persons of other religions.
In the latter cases, it is every bit as much a case of not permitting one religious doctrine to be imposed on believers of other faiths as it is an abhorence of religion.
Okay, I have a deal for you. You have nothing against “being gay” only against “having gay sex”.
I, on the other hand, have nothing against “being Christian”. Only against “practising the Christian religion.” Fair enough? See the nice distinction?
If the schools equally forbid the valedictorian from expressing atheist views as well as religious views, then they are NOT supporting atheist schools. They are enforcing the separation of Church and state, which says that a public school takes no position on religious issues of any kind, leaving ALL individual free to believe or not believe as they wish.
If the schools are allowing the valedictorian to express atheist views and yet forbidding her from expressing Christian or other theist views, then this is clearly an injustice, the school is clearly violating the separation of church and state, and, even though I am an atheist, I will be happy to contribute to you legal action against this clearly “atheist” school.
But I susupect that you and other theists clearly understand the distinction between expressing NO religious views and promoting atheism.
I suspect you understand the difference between NOT mentioning “In God we Trust” on the money (which would be fair) and writing “There is no God” which would be unfair. You theists are not stupid. You understand the disnction.